Conspiracy theories arise online and off about the Florida school shooting. A Twitter bot purge significantly reduces the follower counts of conservative users, but Twitter claims it's not political. Google removes the 'view image' button from search results to appease photographers, and a federal judge says that embedding a tweet can be a copyright infringement. Has Google become too big? Plenty of examples featured in a New York Times article suggest that Google has been trying to suppress competition, prompting some critics to say the government should step in. Edible Arrangements also goes after Google because its competitors show up in search results. Google AI can now predict heart attacks through an eye scan. Jeff's number: 1,226,247, the number of people who signed the Change.org petition to revert to the old Snapchat.Kevin's pick: Secure Shell for coding on ChromebooksJoan's pick: Algorithms of Oppression: How Search Engines Reinforce Racism
Hosts: Leo Laporte and Jeff Jarvis
Guests: Kevin Tofel and Joan Donovan
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Google's 1st CES: Assistant is everywhere, but so is rain. People keep stealing Google bikes. AT&T pulls out of a Huawei deal - Huawei CEO is not pleased. Mark Zuckerberg's ""personal challenge"" for 2018 is to do his job. Facebook kills M. Meltdown mitigation hurts. Record number of US border gadget searches. Senate will vote to fix Net Neutrality. IoT at CES.Jeff's Pick: my_aussie_gal on InstagramMathew's Pick: Sarah Silverman and the Twitter Troll
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Guest: Mathew Ingram
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Say farewell to Pixel C, YouTube on Alexa, and decency on YouTube. Say hello to Trump's big button, SWATing, and corporations as malevolent AIs. Google Images knows how you'll vote. Ads coming to Alexa. Amazon is not really going to buy Target, are they? Equifax gets off scot-free. Facebook's new Center for Deleting Content.Leo's Tool: What 3 Words: a new way to navigateJeff's Number: Million Short: search links without the top million resultsKevin's Stuff: IndieWeb, Homebrew Website Club, and Micro.blog
Hosts: Leo Laporte and Jeff Jarvis
Guest: Kevin Marks
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